Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1545 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1545 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 31, 68 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 93-435,
Sec. 3, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1211; Pub. L. 96-205, title IV, Sec.
401(a), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 88.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Public Law 93-435 (88 Stat. 1210), referred to in subsec. (b)(2),
is Pub. L. 93-435, Oct. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 1210, as amended, which
enacted sections 1705 to 1708 of this title, amended this section,
and repealed sections 1701 to 1703 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-205 designated existing provisions
as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1974 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-435 substituted provisions
conveying to the government of Virgin Islands title in lands now
under its control with power to the Secretary of the Interior to
reserve rights to the United States within 120 days after Oct. 5,
1974, with the exception of land and property being administered by
the Secretary of the Interior as part of the National Park System,
for provisions that the government of Virgin Islands shall continue
to have control over all public property under its control on July
22, 1954.
SUBMERGED LANDS, CONVEYANCE TO TERRITORY
Conveyance of submerged lands to the government of the Virgin
Islands, see section 1701 et seq. of this title.